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Originally Posted by Black Aces 518
Aka,
If there are only 2 start days, I agree that Fri/Sat are the best. If there are 4, I think Thu-Sun is more friendly to a wider range of schedules than Wed-Sat.
I also think it matters if it is a tourney that may “sell out”. For something like Monster Stack with Fri/Sat I can arrive Sat morn and play without any real hassle. For Big50, I may be shut out of the last flight or have to be an alternate for hours if I arrive Sat morn and Sat is the final flight.
Also, you are really handwaving away the difficulty of 2C/2D on the same day, and completely ignored that that would mean WSOP would have a weekend day with no new tourney starting, maybe not even a 2pm deepstack. They would never do that, and it would be extremely un-rec-friendly (new word) to do that.
I’m not sure I understand why the number of starting days makes a difference. It’s the weekend that matters. A large number of players (the often heralded weekend warriors) are either locals or are coming from relatively close by like CA and other neighboring states.
And this event is going to be a ****-show on the last day one whether it’s saturday or Sunday. All of your points about the difficulty of registering morning-of apply to either day.
And I agree Day 2C/2D might present some logistical difficulties. But they are already scheduling day 1C /2b on Saturday, so that seems like it could very well be worse. As for the economic factor, I don’t know. My schedule finishes in one fewer day, giving them another day to hold starting events. And the WSOP already schedules afternoon tourneys, including on the Saturday/Sunday of this event. I really don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to do so with a combined 2C/2d on Sunday.
Anyhow, I think it will be a huge event.. bigger than colossus last year. Given that it is sort of a special event (like the ME) I just think they could have made it a bit more convenient